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Improving post-injury follow-up survey response: incorporating automated modalities.
- Source :
- Injury Epidemiology; 9/5/2024, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p1-6, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Incorporating post-discharge data into trauma registries would allow for better research on patient outcomes, including disparities in outcomes. This pilot study tested a follow-up data collection process to be incorporated into existing trauma care systems, prioritizing low-cost automated response modalities. Methods: This investigation was part of a larger study that consisted of two protocols with two distinct cohorts of participants who experienced traumatic injury. Participants in both protocols were asked to provide phone, email, text, and mail contact information to complete follow-up surveys assessing patient-reported outcomes six months after injury. To increase follow-up response rates between protocol 1 and protocol 2, the study team modified the contact procedures for the protocol 2 cohort. Frequency distributions were utilized to report the frequency of follow-up response modalities and overall response rates in both protocols. Results: A total of 178 individuals responded to the 6-month follow-up survey: 88 in protocol 1 and 90 in protocol 2. After implementing new follow-up contact procedures in protocol 2 that relied more heavily on the use of automated modalities (e.g., email and text messages), the response rate increased by 17.9 percentage points. The primary response modality shifted from phone (72.7%) in protocol 1 to the combination of email (47.8%) and text (14.4%) in protocol 2. Conclusions: Results from this investigation suggest that follow-up data can feasibly be collected from trauma patients. Use of automated follow-up methods holds promise to expand longitudinal data in the national trauma registry and broaden the understanding of disparities in patient experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PREVENTION of injury
MEDICAL protocols
HELPLINES
PATIENTS
RESEARCH funding
PILOT projects
INTERVIEWING
QUESTIONNAIRES
EMERGENCY medical services
JUDGMENT sampling
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
EMAIL
SURVEYS
TRAUMA centers
RACE
ACQUISITION of data
QUALITY of life
QUALITY assurance
AUTOMATION
HEALTH outcome assessment
TEXT messages
DATA analysis software
PATIENT aftercare
PATIENTS' attitudes
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21971714
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Injury Epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179460255
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00531-3